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IBM eServer pSeries 690 Configuring for Performance

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Overview IBM eServer pSeries 690 server takes advantage of the significantly faster POWER4+ processor, upgraded system architecture and a faster system bus, memory subsystem and input/output (I/O) subsystem. Appropriately configuring the pSeries 690 server to take advantage of its speed and architecture will enable the customer to maximize the benefits of owning this leading-edge machine. This paper describes how the pSeries 690 system should be configured to provide optimum performance.

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Publisher	IBM	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	May 2003	Downloads	12
Format	White Papers
Topics	UNIX, Processors

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